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Surviving the zombie apocalypse with the worst people you know
Look, I love a good complex character and I...am fine with zombies. While it's not my go to genre, I do love stuff like All of Us Are Dead and Train To Busan, The Last of Us, etc. So I wasn't opposed to this one, plus it had a lot of actors I like (Boun you were lost too soon lol).
However. If you're going to have a zombie show where the protagonists are knowledgeable about zombie lore, you either need to keep from making them do things that happen in these shows because they are stupid or give a good reason why these people would do these stupid things. But this show did not do the work. People talked openly about zombie lore and yet still did the most deadbrained things, like untie a dude who has fully tried to murder two others or leave your phone on when you know that noise attracts the dead people. Or stand there and CALL OUT to a zombie knowing she's a zombie. They did some quick "dude's off his meds" explanation for that one but come on.
And that's not even getting into how much they all sucked. Honestly if I were with any group but the cheerleaders I probably would have pulled a Pao and tried to offer myself to the zombies too, just to get away from them. I also felt like they gave us a bunch of characters who, sorry, were way more interesting than the main trio of Ning, Non, and San,...and then made us focus on those three anyway. I didn't necessarily like Prao either (I never do care for needlessly mean people, although I do like that the show never tried to explain her) but girlie had a point about them.
I also hated the ending. It's obvious sequel bait and I'm sure it'll get one, but it kind of made me want to slap Mook, lol. Like girl, I don't disagree that Ning acts like the protagonist in a drama (because she is), but you keep absolving yourself of some really stupid and/or cruel decisions by blaming her, lol. Shut up.
One thing I really did like and hope they expand on is this version of the zombies. *Is* the person still in there? And if they are, does that mean they can come back? I can't imagine not, because lbr they ain't leaving Nunew a mere zombie in any universe, but I will be curious to see how it pans out, if there is indeed a sequel. I really loved Lily doing her cheer, even if it led the zombies to them lol (and see, in this case them being stupid kind of makes sense). And she was in there enough to lead the other zombies away from her friends. I also was pretty interested in the mom and her dilemma - I love that sort of double life stuff.
Overall it was fine. It did most of the stuff that you expect from a zombie show, and it tried to do something a little different with the zombies themselves, although I expect the All of Us Are Dead comparisons will be inevitable. If there's a sequel I will probably watch, especially if they drop it all at once again, but I won't be chomping at the bit for it.
However. If you're going to have a zombie show where the protagonists are knowledgeable about zombie lore, you either need to keep from making them do things that happen in these shows because they are stupid or give a good reason why these people would do these stupid things. But this show did not do the work. People talked openly about zombie lore and yet still did the most deadbrained things, like untie a dude who has fully tried to murder two others or leave your phone on when you know that noise attracts the dead people. Or stand there and CALL OUT to a zombie knowing she's a zombie. They did some quick "dude's off his meds" explanation for that one but come on.
And that's not even getting into how much they all sucked. Honestly if I were with any group but the cheerleaders I probably would have pulled a Pao and tried to offer myself to the zombies too, just to get away from them. I also felt like they gave us a bunch of characters who, sorry, were way more interesting than the main trio of Ning, Non, and San,...and then made us focus on those three anyway. I didn't necessarily like Prao either (I never do care for needlessly mean people, although I do like that the show never tried to explain her) but girlie had a point about them.
I also hated the ending. It's obvious sequel bait and I'm sure it'll get one, but it kind of made me want to slap Mook, lol. Like girl, I don't disagree that Ning acts like the protagonist in a drama (because she is), but you keep absolving yourself of some really stupid and/or cruel decisions by blaming her, lol. Shut up.
One thing I really did like and hope they expand on is this version of the zombies. *Is* the person still in there? And if they are, does that mean they can come back? I can't imagine not, because lbr they ain't leaving Nunew a mere zombie in any universe, but I will be curious to see how it pans out, if there is indeed a sequel. I really loved Lily doing her cheer, even if it led the zombies to them lol (and see, in this case them being stupid kind of makes sense). And she was in there enough to lead the other zombies away from her friends. I also was pretty interested in the mom and her dilemma - I love that sort of double life stuff.
Overall it was fine. It did most of the stuff that you expect from a zombie show, and it tried to do something a little different with the zombies themselves, although I expect the All of Us Are Dead comparisons will be inevitable. If there's a sequel I will probably watch, especially if they drop it all at once again, but I won't be chomping at the bit for it.
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